Jun 19 1971
From The Space Library
Soviet space official Anatoly Fedoseyev, head of Soviet delegation to Paris Air Show, had defected to West May 27, um quoted French sources as saying. Reportedly Fedoseyev had been refused asylum at Le Bourget Airport in Paris by French officials, who later relented and allowed him to proceed to NATO Hq. in Brussels aboard USAF helicopter. Fedoseyev was believed to be one of highest ranking Russians to defect to West-vice minister in charge of space research for Soyuz and Luna spacecraft programs. Sources had further reported that 80 members of Soviet delegation to Air Show had been recalled to Moscow May 27 and Soviet officials had refused to sit down with French Defense Minister Michel Debre at official luncheon in protest of French action, UPI said both NATO and U.S. officials later had denied knowledge of Fedoseyev and his mission. (UPI, IF Post, 6/20/71, A19)
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